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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: FR1 who wrote (14695)3/18/2010 8:57:41 AM
From: Peter Dierks  Respond to of 42652
 
Nobody is even mentioning the major problems that will come with ObamaCare from outside what is obvious.

People tend to be narrowly focussed. Thinking far outside the box is a rare skill set. You are fortunate to possess it.

Don't forget the Argentinian model:

Argentina Seizes the Central Bank
Message 26306284

...Like any good socialist, Mrs. Kirchner already has run up expenditures. Revenues have not kept pace because tax increases have discouraged investment and legal economic activity. In March 2008, Mrs. Kirchner's effort to raise export taxes on farm products sparked nationwide protests.

None of this fazed her. In October 2008 she championed the confiscation of $30 billion of private retirement accounts, further undermining public trust...